-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 20:03 -0800, oldman wrote: >> Go to about:config in the URL Box of Firefox then select >> print.postscript.paper_size >> and edit the default paper size to A4 >> close and restart Firefox >> This will work of course for only the person logged in. >> in a file in ~/.mozilla/Firefox/<system.default/prefs.js >> if you want it for all users copy the correct line to >> /usr/lib/Firefox-1.5.0.9/defaults/profile/prefs.js >> >> It might be that FF will store in the /usr/lib.. location if run under >> root (I believe I remember reading that once when I was installing a >> plugin - might not still work) > > You really have to ask why Firefox doesn't come WITHOUT its own default > size, and use a system default size, instead. > > Your default paper size depends on what you put in your printer. That > should get set once, by the admin, in the printer configuration. And > *EVERY* application on the computer should use that, by default, WITHOUT > requiring customisation. > > 'tis a right pain in the arse having to log in as each user, and > customise several different applications, just so you don't have to > hand-hold a pile of users to get their printing preferences set up > right. > You are right of course! Maybe you could submit a Bugzilla at mozilla. Of course it will probably be a pain for mozilla to come up with a way to read the default on every version of linux, BSD, Windows, or Amiga using whatever print interface cups, Gutenprint or whatever. Of course if you are the administrator you could probably come up with a small batch that could make the change fairly painless too. Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFsizv5mBKdb7VQEcRAvAcAKCtH32qUW104xQKosPWvnz3T991GwCgng2g +aP0sYe9dMMpqAOsuKdq250= =T6UQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
